[Lorenzo Romans Collection]. 1894.

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[Lorenzo Romans Collection]. 1894.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469106809

Collection consists of the photographs and papers of Lorenzo Romans a realtor who spent most of his life in Los Angeles and moved to Las Vegas late in life. A newspaper clipping in the collection describes how Romans originally came to Las Vegas in 1894 and stayed at the Las Vegas Rancho as a guest of Helen Stewart during a land speculating trip. The article provides Romans' vivid recollections of the Las Vegas landscape in the 1890s and his swim in the Las Vegas springs. Collection consists primarily of photographs both loose and in photo albums along with some correspondence and post cards. The majority of the photographs are either family photos or depict the Los Angeles area; there is little else relating to Las Vegas.

1 box (1 linear foot).

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571426

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

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Stewart, Helen Jane Wiser, 1854-1926

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Helen Jane Wiser Stewart married Archibald Stewart in 1873. The Stewarts moved to Pioche, Nevada where Archibald operated a freighting business during Pioche's boom years. In 1882 the Stewarts and their three children moved to the Las Vegas Ranch after obtaining ownership through a default on a loan Archibald Stewart had made to the ranch's owner, O.D. Gass. The Stewarts ran the ranch as a farm and way station for travelers. In 1884, tragedy struck when Archibald was killed at the neighboring Ki...

Romans, Lorenzo.

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Lorenzo Romans was a realtor who spent most of his life in Los Angeles and moved to Las Vegas late in life. From the description of [Lorenzo Romans Collection]. 1894. (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 469106809 ...